Antique Reverse Painting on Glass of Woman on Stage five holes and charmingly stick-like little legs

and charmingly stick-like little legs and feet

(See also its black and gold twin

It would be especially dramatic filled with large white lilies or a few tall flowering branches

and keen attention to detail

Antique Reverse Painting on Glass of Woman on Stage five holes and charmingly stick-like little legsThis wonderful reverse painting on glass, presumed mid to late 19th century, would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock, probably installed right below the clocks face. I love the various framing devices that position the womanwho, to me, looks positively Goya esqueat center stage; it's as if she herself, who appears to be sprinkling magic dust in the air, is responsible for keeping time moving forward! Id probably just prop this